Sydney Rex Wakely-Smith (1930 – 5 December 2013) was a South African rally driver and philatelist. He was South African Rally Champion with Ewold van Bergen in 1964 and 1965. He was president of the Philatelic Federation of South Africa in 2004 and won medals for his collection of the philately of Mozambique.
Early life and family
Sydney Rex Wakely-Smith was born in Johannesburg in 1930. He was educated at St John's school.
["Obituary: Rex Wakely Smith", Bev McNaught-Davis, '']The South African Philatelist
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'', Vol. 90, No. 1 (February 2014), Whole No. 922, p. 10. He married Ethne Denise Lambert in on 31 October 1953, when he was 23 years old. They were married for 60 years before he sadly passed in Hillcrest, South Africa at 83 years old. They had three children and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Motor sport
Wakely Smith was
South African Rally Champion with
Ewold van Bergen in 1964
[''The Autocar'', Vol. 123, p. 22.] and 1965.
He was awarded
Springbok colours
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for motor sport.
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Philately
Wakely Smith inherited an interest in philately from his mother. He was a member of the Philatelic Society of Natal and president of the Philatelic Federation of South Africa in 2004. He specialised in the philately of Mozambique and won a Large Gold medal in South Africa for his exhibit of that country as well as a Large Silver medal at the international stamp exhibition in Dubai.[
Other hobbies included ]ornithology
Ornithology, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις (''órnis''), meaning "bird", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is a branch of zoology dedicated to the study of birds. Several aspects of ornithology differ from related discip ...
and conchology
Conchology, from Ancient Greek κόγχος (''kónkhos''), meaning "cockle (bivalve), cockle", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is the study of mollusc shells. Conchology is one aspect of malacology, the study of mollus ...
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Death
Wakely Smith died on 5 December 2013.[
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References
External links
*https://dattosankureiji.wordpress.com/tag/rex-wakely-smith/
*https://www.1820settlers.com/genealogy/familygroup.php?familyID=F37152&tree=master
1930 births
2013 deaths
People from Johannesburg
South African rally drivers
South African philatelists
Philately of Mozambique
South African ornithologists
Conchologists
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